For the purposes of this profile, the investment banking and brokerage industry profile covers financial institutions engaged in investment banking & brokerage services, including equity and debt underwriting, and merger and acquisition services. Market values reflect revenues generated through fees and commissions obtained in three key segments: M&A advisory, equity underwriting, and fixed-income underwriting. Any currency conversions used in the creation of this report have been calculated using constant 2014 annual average exchange rates.

The European investment banking & brokerage sector is forecast to generate total revenues of $14.2bn in 2015, representing a compound annual rate of change (CARC) of -2.3% between 2011 and 2015.

The M&A segment is expected to be the sector's most lucrative in 2015, with total revenues of $5.5bn, equivalent to 38.9% of the sector's overall value.

The equity segment has been particularly affected by economic uncertainty in the region. During the first nine months of 2015, 774 bonds deals were done in the region, a decrease on the same period in 2014 (953).

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